Video: Just Stop Oil Activists Disrupt World Snooker Championship in UK
02:47 GMT 18.04.2023 (Updated: 15:26 GMT 28.05.2023)
© Screenshot/Just Stop OilImage captures moment in which two Just Stop Oil activists storm two tables at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield, UK.
© Screenshot/Just Stop Oil
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Just Stop Oil environmental activists disrupted the World Snooker Championship being held in the UK's Sheffield by jumping atop a table and pouring orange powder paint.
Just Stop Oil on Twitter urged the UK government to stop all new fossil fuel projects.
Media reported that the incident forced a 24-hour suspension in the match between Robert Milkins and Joe Perry.
Video since shared by the Just Stop Oil Twitter account captures the exact moment in which two environmental activists storm a pair of game tables, with one successfully managing to jump atop and throw powder.
🎱 NEW OIL AND GAS WILL SNOOKER US
— Just Stop Oil (@JustStop_Oil) April 17, 2023
🦺 At around 7:20pm, two Just Stop Oil supporters have disrupted the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, interrupting play. The pair proceeded to cover the tables in orange powder paint before being removed by… pic.twitter.com/xWJXjW82jf
Although two security guards quickly bundled the activist away, the damage had long been done.
There was also a female protester, who tried to glue herself to the other table during the match between Mark Allen and Fan Zhengyi, but was stopped.
Play was suspended on both tables immediately. The table cloth on one table was damaged beyond repair, prompting officials to have it replaced overnight.